Release 5 Ballot

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Example Observation/f005 (JSON)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Real-world patient - hemoglobin

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "f005",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"f005\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource Observation &quot;f005&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: <span title=\"   urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.7   \">id: 6327 (OFFICIAL)</span></p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Hemoglobin [Mass/volume] in Blood <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#718-7)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-f001-pieter.html\">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a> &quot;Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL&quot;</p><p><b>effective</b>: 2013-04-05T10:30:10+01:00</p><p><b>issued</b>: 06/04/2013 1:30:10 AM</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f005-al.html\">Practitioner/f005: A. Langeveld</a> &quot;Langeveld ANNE&quot;</p><p><b>value</b>: 7.2 g/dl<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code g/dL = 'g/dL')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Low <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#L)</span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Low</b></td><td><b>High</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>7.5 g/dl<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code g/dL = 'g/dL')</span></td><td>10 g/dl<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code g/dL = 'g/dL')</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "identifier": [
    {
      "use": "official",
      "system": "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/observations",
      "value": "6327"
    }
  ],
  "status": "final",
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "718-7",
        "display": "Hemoglobin [Mass/volume] in Blood"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/f001",
    "display": "P. van de Heuvel"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime": "2013-04-05T10:30:10+01:00",
  "issued": "2013-04-05T15:30:10+01:00",
  "performer": [
    {
      "reference": "Practitioner/f005",
      "display": "A. Langeveld"
    }
  ],
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 7.2,
    "unit": "g/dl",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "g/dL"
  },
  "interpretation": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation",
          "code": "L",
          "display": "Low"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "referenceRange": [
    {
      "low": {
        "value": 7.5,
        "unit": "g/dl",
        "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code": "g/dL"
      },
      "high": {
        "value": 10,
        "unit": "g/dl",
        "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code": "g/dL"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.